Business plans are only as much a waste of time as any other sort of plan is. Yes, things change; that doesn't mean you shouldn't think out your strategy. I thi

Business plans are only as much a waste of time as any other sort of plan is. Yes, things change; that doesn't mean you shouldn't think out your strategy. I think a more important thing to say would be that inflexible business planning is a waste of time. But that's not good link bait. In fact, it's so well known it's pretty much just a platitude. (Maybe I'm onto something here; reword platitudes into controversies and blog...)